sixpenny
sixpenny adjective: worth or costing six pennies.
Adjective
sixpenny (not comparable)
- Worth or costing six pennies.
- So was the glance of innocent inquiry she cast at Miss Gimblet and her friend, a glance that priced with deadly accuracy their three and sixpenny shoes and their two and elevenpenny blouses.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 99
- Cheap; worthless.
- Synonyms:
- inexpensive, nickel, junky, two-bit, bargainous, brand X, budget, cheap, cheapie, cheapo
Noun
sixpenny (plural sixpennies)
- A publication costing sixpence.
- A stamp worth sixpence.
Synonyms of sixpenny
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- cheesy
- competitive
- dime a dozen
- economic
- economical
- el cheapo
- low-cost
- low-end
- low-priced
- tinhorn
- two a penny
- bastardly
- cacky
- cocking
- cruddy
- draffish
- dreckish
- drecky
- for the birds
- fucking
- garbagey
- good-for-naught
- good-for-nothing
- goodless
- ineffectual
- jabberwocky
- mouldy
- no-account
- no good / no-good
- nonvaluable
Forms of sixpenny
| plural | sixpennies |
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Origin of sixpenny
From six + penny.
Words formed from sixpenny
- sixpenny bit
- sixpenny nail
- sixpenny rush
- sixpennyworth
Phrases with sixpenny
Questions about sixpenny
- What does sixpenny mean?
- Sixpenny means worth or costing six pennies.
- What part of speech is sixpenny?
- Sixpenny can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near sixpenny in the dictionary
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